DIRECTORY, literally, that which guides or directs, and hence a book giving directions for public worship, e.g., the direc torium or ordo of the Roman Church. The term now usually signifies a book containing the names, addresses and occupations, etc., of the inhabitants of a town or district, a list of the users of a telephone system, or of the members of a particular pro fession or trade. The name Directoire or Directory was given to the body which held the executive power in France from Oct. until Nov. 1799. (See FRENCH REVOLUTION.)